Oromin Explorations Ltd. is pleased to announce the receipt of an independent report (the “Santa Rosa Evaluation”) from Aeon Exploration Inc. of Calgary, Alberta (”Aeon”) that provides an evaluation of prospective resources with respect to its 100% owned CCyB-9 Santa Rosa exploration permit and exploitation concession on a property located in the Cuyana Basin in [...]

Lightning struck surface equipment at Alabama’s largest underground coal mine on Wednesday, injuring five people and forcing the company to evacuate workers.
Drummond Co. said lightning hit a drilling rig that was boring a shaft at its Shoal Creek Mine in Jefferson County, sending a charge down the steel equipment and igniting methane gas that was [...]

An Alabama mining company on Thursday denied having any relationship with right-wing death squads in Colombia and said it has no intention of settling a related U.S. lawsuit.
A federal judge in Alabama last month allowed a civil suit to go forward against Drummond Co. Inc. for allegedly paying a hit squad to kill three [...]

Alabama-based Drummond aims to produce 50Mt of coal in Colombia in 2010, “doubling current production,” according to Drummond union leader Orlando Acosta.
For now the company hopes to wrap up 2006 with production of 26Mt at its La Loma mine in northern Colombia, where it plans to expand the rail line and infrastructure.
“All of this is [...]